We have two GPS units, one in the Toad and one in Auntie Violet. The one in the Toad is the first one we ever purchased -- several years ago when we were working with MDS in Louisiana. The technology has greatly improved since that first unit. The newer ones not only have larger screens, but give you information about speed limits, lane changes etc.
The unit in the Toad has maps that have become very outdated and I was unable to upgrade them. We have been looking for a new unit that would go into Auntie Violet while we put the newer one that she has into the Toad. I had been checking with Costco and with their online catalog for the new Garmin with the five inch screen, but so far they haven't carried it. This morning I did an on-line search, thinking that there might be some early Cyber-Monday bargains. Sure enough, I found the one we've been looking on sale at Best Buy.
We went to the store to pick it up (along with a sand-bag dashboard stand) and came back to the motel to register it and download the most current maps. Four hours later, it is ALMOST finished! Says it still needs another thirty minutes to "install" the maps.
Oh well, since there is not much but football on TV the last few days, I might as well babysit the computer while Forry is watching the games. And to think I will need to do it again to update the older one in Auntie Violet before we demote it to the Toad...
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